The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
After much consideration, I have decided to stay.
Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
Speculations about the possible entire reconstruction of society give the intellectual fare much more to his taste than the more practical and short-run considerations of those who aim at a piecemeal improvement of the existing order.
The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.
You showed remarkable consideration in giving up your place for your friend.
From Middle English consideracioun, from Old French consideracion, from Latin cōnsīderātiō. By surface analysis, consider + -ation.
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